Tjalf sparnaay
Iconic Egg Read more ». Opening museumshow 'We are Food' Read more ». What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism. I wish to reduce it to the DNA of the universal structure in all its beauty. Earlier, he painted Amsterdam street scenes. His paintings hit the retina like bolts of lightning in a clear blue sky.
Fried eggs, French fries, sandwiches, ketchup bottles, marbles and lobster: Sparnaay visualizes these trivial subjects and inflates them to enormous formats, an assault on the senses. Enlarging everyday objects, his giant fried eggs gained worldwide fame.
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Size Doesn't Matter Read more ». Louis K. Dutch Television Read more ». His paintings hit the retina like bolts of lightning in a clear blue sky. New Book Read more ». Opening and Installationshots Read more ». He not only documents reality, but intensifies it by blowing up everyday objects to mega-proportions.
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Please vote! Art Miami Read more ». For example, we measure how many visitor numbers, but do not see who you are. He is constantly seeking new images that have never been painted. What was displayed before? PAN Amsterdam Read more ». A number of his paintings were included in 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, an international exhibition that toured through the USA and Europe.
The mega-realism of Tjalf Sparnaay Read more ». Museale presentatie Read more ». Starting his career as a gym teacher, he had the urge to create. Fleamarket Rembrandt on view in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Read more ». Look around at the exhibition Read more ». Tjalf in Holland's famous talkshow about his upcoming show in New York Read more ».
Surrealism is visible in more works by Tjalf Sparnaay. At first sight the image is classical — but then questions need answering. I wish to reduce it to the DNA of the universal structure in all its beauty.